MAN AND PUT HIM IN A POLICE CRUISER AND DROVE AWAY. INSIDE INFORMATION COMING TO NEWS 4 JAX ON WHAT THE MAYOR IS PLANNING FOR YOUR TAX DOLLARS. MONDAY MAYOR BROWN UNVEIL THE 1 BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET WHILE HE IS ONCE AGAIN NOT PROPOSE AGO TAX INCREASE BUT PROPOSING INCREASE IN SPENDING DESIGNED TO HELP CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS. JIM JOINS US LIVE FROM RIVERSIDE. WELCOME BACK NEIGHBORHOOD THAT STANDS TO GAIN IN THIS BUDGET JIM GAIN IN WHAT WAY? ABOUT IF YOU HAVE EVER DRIVEN THIS AREA HERE IN RIVERSIDE THE 5 POINTS AREA LOOKING TO MAKE SOME CHANGES HERE AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT CAN BE LIKE WHEN YOU GO UP TO THIS AREA. THIS IS LOMAX STREET. MARGARET STREET. AND PARK STREET. ALL OF THAT COMMENTS TOGETHER. NOW THAT THE CITY HAS SOME MORE MONEY TO WORK WITH, MIGHT BE ABLE TO WORK SOME OF THAT MONEY INTO HERE. FOR YEARS PEOPLE WHO DRIVE THROUGH 5 POINTS EVEN THE STORE OWNER AROUND HERE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THIS ODD INTERSECTION. MERCHANT EVEN PAID FOR THE PLANS WHICH CALL FOR NEW ROAD DESIGN LANDSCAPING AND SIGN IMPROVEMENT. NOW THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO REPRESENT THE AREA SAY THEY ARE GLAD THAT THERE IS A CHANCE THE CITY MIGHT BE ABLE TO PAY FOR SOME CHANGES. FIRST TIME SINCE I HAVE BEEN CITY COUNCILMAN THAT WE HAVE THRILL SEEN A LITTLE BUMP IN THE HIM IF INCOME FROM THE TAX. CITY REVENUE OR MONEY FROM PROPERTY TAX NO YOU JUMPED TO NEARLY 19 MILLION DOLLARS MORE. BRINGING THE CITY TOTAL BUDGET TO OVER 1 BILLION DOLLARS. KEEP IN MIND THIS IS A MODEST INCREASE. WE STILL HAVE OTHER COSTS THAT ARE INCREASING IN THE CITY SO WE HAVE TO BALANCE IT OUT AND MAKE SOME PRUDENT DECISIONS. SOME OF THE DECISIONS COULD BE IN AREAS LIKE 5 POINTS WHILE THE MAYOR OFFICE WON'T SAY HOW MUCH THEY ARE CONSIDERING TO SPEND HERE AND WHAT THEY WOULD DO, IT'S BEING DISCUSSED. THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE OPTIONS WE HAVE SINCE WE HAVE HAD SOME ECONOMIC SUCCESS AND WE HAVE SEEN INCREASED REVENUE BECAUSE OF IT. SO IT'S REALLY PREMATURE TO SAY WHAT IS GOING TO BE IN THIS FINAL BUDGET AS WE ARE MAKING THESE DECISIONS OVER THE NEXT WEEK OR SO. BUT IT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE OPTIONS WE HAVE. Reporter: THAT OPTION IS SOMETHING THAT STORE OWNER WHOSE FIRST PROPOSED THE IDEA SAY IS IMPORTANT. I SEE RIVERSIDE IS A GROWING PART OF JACKSONVILLE AND YOU HAVE TO KEEP FEEDING IT. THE ONLY WAY IT WILL CONTINUE GROWING IS TO KEEP ADDING TO IT. SITUATION. THERE ARE OTHER ENHANCEMENT AT THE MAYOR OFFICE IS CONSIDERING FOR OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS. TO HEAR THIS BUDGET ADDRESS WE HAVE THAT

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -

The latest budget may allow the city to make some neighborhoods safer, including Riverside's Five Points.

The more than $1 billion city budget will be presented on Monday, and this time the mayor is not calling for a tax increase. Instead, it appears the city will be able to spend money on neighborhoods rather than take it away.

Some money could be used to change the often confusing Five Points intersection.

For years, store owners and people who drive through the area here have been asking for improvements to the odd intersection. Merchants even paid for plans, which call for new landscaping, road and sign improvements.

Now the City Council members who represent that area say they're glad there's a chance the city might be able to pay for some changes.

"This is the first time since I've been a city councilman that we've seen a little bump in the income from the ad valorem tax," Councilman Jim Love said.

That's because the city revenue, or the money coming in from property taxes, has jumped an additional $18.8 million, bringing the city total budget to over $1 billion.

"Keep in mind, this is a modest increase," mayoral spokesman Dave DeCamp said. "We have other costs that are increasing in the city, and we have to balance that out and make some prudent decisions."

Some of those decisions could be in areas like Five Points. While the Mayor's Office won't say how much it is considering to spend there and what it will do, it is being discussed.

"That's a good example of the options we have since we have some economic success, and we have seen increased revenues because of it," DeCamp said. "So it's really premature to say what will be in the final budget since we are making these decisions in the next week or so, but its a good example of the options we have."

That option is important to store owners who first proposed the idea.

"I see that Riverside is the growing part of Jacksonville, and you have to keep feeding it," said Bill Martin, of the Five Points Merchants Association. "It's the only way its going to continue growing is to keep adding to it."

There are other enhancements the mayor is considering, but his staff is still tinkering with the budget plan, which he will release Monday.

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